Spectacular Spain

This leg of Alex Polizzi’s journey takes her through western Andalusia, from the Costa del Sol to Seville.

This leg of Alex Polizzi's journey takes her through western Andalusia, from the Costa del Sol to Seville

This leg of Alex Polizzi’s journey takes her through western Andalusia, from the Costa del Sol to Seville.

If you switch on about five minutes into the episode, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’re watching The Hotel Inspector, although Alex finds no fault with the five-star Marbella Club Hotel.

But as she moves on to Jerez, she’s on less familiar ground with two of the things the city is most famous for – sherry, which she associates with grannies, and horses, which she’s afraid of.

Will she change her mind about either?